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Manufacturing Institute

The Ex-Im Bank

The U.S. Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im) is a vital tool to help grow U.S. exports and increase American jobs. As the official export credit agency of the United States, Ex-Im Bank assists in financing U.S. exports from thousands of American companies and bolsters our global competitiveness. In fact, nearly 90 percent of Export-Import Bank's transactions directly support U.S. small business. Ex-Im Bank operates at no cost to the taxpayer, and it has a track record of generating a profit for the government. In 2014, the Ex-Im Bank supported $27.5 billion of U.S. exports.

New research published by the NAM documents the massive size and growth of foreign export credit activity. Most developed countries and many developing countries have official export credit agencies (ECAs), with more than 60 operating worldwide. With the nine largest foreign ECAs--Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, South Korea and the United Kingdom--providing nearly half a trillion dollars in annual export support, manufacturers in the United States are at a deep disadvantage in competing for sales overseas:

Forfeiting Opportunity

Ex-Im Bank reauthorization is essential for Manufacturers to compete globally in the face of massive foreign export credit financing

The Global Export Credit Dimension

The size of foreign export credit agencies compared to the Export-Import Bank of the United States